Employers demand greater skills for our 21st Century economy

Matthew Arnold & Baldwin’s employment team launched its HR Forum for local employers at lunch time today. We were delighted to hear from Sal Brinton a Director of the Association of Universities in the East of England and Chair of the East of England Regional Assembly Employment and Skills Panel. The talk explored the concerns of local employers ranging from sme”s to multi national corporations about the shortage of highly skilled employees available for recruitment in the east of England. There was also a discussion as to whether our Universities and other educational establishments are properly preparing our students for life in the work place, and whether  University establishments should make it a requirement of their courses for students to undertake work experience before graduating.

Sal has already written about the event on her blog, http://www.salbrinton.org/

The deleagtes were drawn from the local HR business community and were able to net work with fellow HR collegues to share ideas and experiences. Our next meeting will be in June.  Please email Heloise Paull (heloise.paull@mablaw.co.uk) if you work in the HR sector and would be interested in attending.

Mike Delaney

Partner – Employment